“I need to hold down a job. I need to now,” says Rahul. “Oh, all the things you humans tell yourselves to live a myth, a fucking imagined reality. You do realize you’re the rat in the maze, right? You do realize we want to die soon, right? So why the effort?” This voice is…
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In this air-conditioned lull, I find myself devoid of inspiration. This room is dangerous. This setting is putrid. If I forcefully tie my attention in holy matrimony to this chilling silence, I could hear the inaudible wails of ambition. Such “rock stars” we make. Well, the cubicle is a stage and weekly reviews are the…
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Human rights violations? You can question its existence because the order of the day is social validation. Driver, where are we heading? Hello? Oh, I see vanity has taken the wheel. A mother sets the table after catering to the quotidian demands of life. She’ll probably get a “love you, mumma” on Mother’s Day, a…
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I wither every day. I can feel the crinkle of dry leaves on my skin. It’s a silent autumn day in the cerebrum. Decay. Decay. Decay. I feel imprisoned. I feel misguided. I feel enlightened. I feel like lighting illusion on fire. Reality will never be enough. Purpose will never be enough. A higher dimension…
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The first rule about Fight Club is that you don’t talk about Fight Club. Yet here we are. The novel is a rip-roaring tsunami that decimates imagined realities we’ve chosen to ignore or adapt to like second nature: Gucci minks should not be a priority. Also, the narrator gives us an insight into his psyche…
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Rahul’s a 26-year-old literature graduate. He works as a content writer, or at least tries to. Life’s stuck between taglines and writing words on top of words. The job description equals a sedentary life, and he ends sentences with prepositions. He’s not a fan of Shakespeare. Sue him. He can’t have sex. Maybe he doesn’t…
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Start from the basics if you're looking to polish your reading and writing skills. Understanding parts of speech is a great starting point.
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